A comparison of 11C-labeled L-DOPA and L-fluorodopa as positron emission tomography tracers for the presynaptic dopaminergic system

Journal of Cerebral Blood Flow and Metabolism

Volumn 19, Issue 10, 1999, Pages 1142-1149

  Torstenson, Richard ^a,b   Tedroff, Joakim ^a,c   Hartvig, Per ^a,b   Fasth, Karl Johan ^a   Långström, Bengt ^a,c  

^a UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b Hospital Pharmacy   (Sweden)

^c UPPSALA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

Author keywords

11C 3,4 Dihydroxy phenyl L alanine; L fluorodopa; Monkey; Position emission tomography; Tolcapone

Indexed keywords

CARBON 11; DOPA; TRACER; ANTIPARKINSON AGENT; BENZOPHENONE DERIVATIVE; CARBON; DOPAMINE; DRUG DERIVATIVE; FLUORINE; FLUORODOPA F 18; LEVODOPA; NITROPHENOL; TOLCAPONE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BLOOD BRAIN BARRIER; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORPUS STRIATUM; DOPAMINERGIC SYSTEM; FEMALE; ISOTOPE LABELING; METHYLATION; NONHUMAN; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; ANIMAL; BLOOD; COMPARATIVE STUDY; COMPUTER ASSISTED EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; MACACA; METHODOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; SCINTISCANNING; SYNAPTOSOME;

ANIMALS; ANTIPARKINSON AGENTS; BENZOPHENONES; CARBON RADIOISOTOPES; CORPUS STRIATUM; DIHYDROXYPHENYLALANINE; DOPAMINE; FEMALE; FLUORINE RADIOISOTOPES; LEVODOPA; MACACA MULATTA; NITROPHENOLS; PRESYNAPTIC TERMINALS; TOMOGRAPHY, EMISSION-COMPUTED;

EID: 0033249439     PISSN: 0271678X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00004647-199910000-00011     Document Type: Article

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